| SAG Strain Number: | 812-1 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Chloroidium |
| Species: | engadinensis |
| Taxonomic position: | Chlorophyta - Trebouxiophyceae |
| Authority: | (Vischer) Darienko et al. |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | authentic strain of Chlorocloster engadinensis Vischer |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Locality: | Unterengadin |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 46.705498 / 10.401936 (8000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Isolated by: | W. Vischer |
| Strain number by isolator: | 252 |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim ( < W. Vischer) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ESP Ag |
| Axenic: | unclear, contamination may be present |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 812/1; UTEX 307 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Chae H. et al. (2025) Morphology and molecular characterization of a new Chloroidium (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) species isolated from lichen in Antarctica. Phycol. Res. |
| Publication: | Darienko T. et al. (2018) The polyphasic approach revealed new species of Chloroidium (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Phytotaxa 372 (1):51-66 |
| Publication: | Procházková, Katerina et al. (2015) Morphology and phylogeny of parasitic and free-living members of the genus Phyllosiphon (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Nova Hedwigia 101 (3):501-518 |
| Publication: | Darienko T. et al. (2010) Chloroidium, a common terrestrial coccoid green alga previously assigned to Chlorella (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Eur.J.Phycol 45 (1):79-95 |
| Publication: | Ettl, H. et al. (1982) Was versteht man unter dem Begriff «coccale Grünalgen»? (Systematische Bemerkungen zu den Grünalgen II) [How to understand the conception «coccoid green algae»? (Systematical remarks to the green algae II)] p. 345-374,. Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Suppl. Vol. 29:345-374 |
| Publication: | Whittle et al. (1969) The chloroplast pigments of some green and yellowgreen algae. Br. Phycol. J. 4:55-64 |
| Publication: | Clemencon, H. et al. (1964) Verwertung organischer Substanzen durch Chlorocloster engadinensis Vischer (Xanthophyceae). Naturwissenschaften 51 (9):222 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | KR154340 Chloroidium engadinense ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chloroplast. (1211 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | FM946011 Chlorocloster engadinensis partial 18S rRNA gene, ITS1, 5.8S rRNA, ITS2 and partial 28S rRNA gene, strain SAG 812-1. (3648 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | medium survival |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
